William Harrison (bishop)
William Thomas Harrison (22 September 1837 -11 December 1920) was an eminent Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]
Born into an ecclesiastical family,[2] Harrison was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He was ordained in 1861. After a curacy in Great Yarmouth he was Rector of his father’s old parish and then Vicar of Christ Church, Luton. Later he was Vicar of St James’s, Bury St Edmunds and then Rural Dean of Thingoe before his elevation to the Episcopate as the third Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway.[4] He retired to Thorpe Morieux and was again Vicar until his retirement in 1912.[5]
References
- ^ Bishop W. T. Harrison The Times Monday, Dec 13, 1920; pg. 16; Issue 42592; col E
- ^ His father was the Rev. T. T. Harrison, Rector of Thorpe Morieux > “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
- ^ Harrison, William Thomas in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
- ^ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0567087468
- ^ ”The Clergy List 1913” London, Kelly’s, 1913
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Bishops of Glasgow and Galloway
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1837 |
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1920 |
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